Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 51 pot

Synonym-TOEFL-Lesson 5
1. Boys’ Clubs do not deprive poor children of the
opportunity to participate in sports.
A
(A) deny
(B) retract
(C) improvise
(D) dilute
2. The cake was heavenly so I asked for more.
A
(A) out-of-this-world
(B) edible
(C) extra light
(D) beautiful
3. One must live in the United States five years in order to
apply for citizenship.
A
(A) reside in
(B) accommodate to
(C) invade
(D) abandon
4. Several members of the royal family have been held
prisoner in the Tower of London.
C
(A) for protection
(B) by request
(C) captive
(D) briefly
5. In some cases of lapse of memory the loss may be
limited to a single incident, whereas in other cases it may
be so inclusive as to involve everything about an

individual’s life.
D
(A) paralysis
(B) aphasia
(C) deafness
(D) amnesia
6. Eyeglasses have been in use since about 1300.
A
(A) Spectacles
(B) Goblets
(C) Binoculars
(D) Telescopes
7. Many politicians find that they can no longer afford the
luxury of a personal chauffeur.
B
(A) valet
(B) driver
(C) secretary
(D) servant
8. Attitudes on the two sides in the Revolutionary War
precluded the possibility of a peaceful solution.
D
(A) presaged
(B) prejudiced
(C) anticipated
(D) prevented
9. They had conclusive evidence that he had been
defrauding his customers.
A
(A) decisive

(B) swindling
(C) unclear
(D) superficial
10. Psychologists have recently mounted an offensive
against what they describe as nastiness toward students
by educators.
B
(A) arbitrariness
(B) unpleasantness
(C) severity
(D) aloofness
11. A female mosquito produces between 100 and 300
eggs at a time and up to 3,000 eggs during her lifetime.
A
(A) at once
(B) one by one
(C) once in a while
(D) off and on
12. The tornado caused irreparable damage to the
Florida citrus crop.
C
(A) irresolute
(B) irresponsible
(C) irrecoverable
(D) irregular
13. Numbing terror filled their brains as they witnessed
the explosions.
C
(A) torpid
(B) tantalizing

(C) paralyzing
(D) sentient
14. The high mountain climate is cold and inhospitable.
C
(A) rainy
(B) stormy
(C) uninviting
(D) intense
15. After World War II, Russia emerged as a world power.
B
(A) surrendered
(B) came forth
(C) fought
(D) dismissed
16. After leaving a particularly raucous concert, some
rock music fans complain about ringing in their ears known
as tinnitus.
B
(A) crowded
(B) loud
(C) unpleasant
(D) lively
17. Saint Elmo’s Fire is a Phenomenon that occurs when
ships discharging harmless electrical charges into the
atmosphere appear to shine.
C
(A) fade
(B) shrink
(C) glow
(D) vanish

18. The wagonmaster decided to ford the stream.
C
(A) valley
(B) mountain
(C) small river
(D) plain
19. The ostrich egg is the largest egg of any non-extinct
bird, while the smallest egg is the egg of the hummingbird.
A
(A) living
(B) dead
(C) flying
(D) vanished
20. A number of animals in Aesop’s fables are portrayed
as being crafty.
D
(A) vain
(B) virtuous
(C) artistic
(D) cunning